Nearly nine years after the Punjab and Haryana High Court took suo motu cognizance of widespread violence and alleged lawlessness during the 2016 Jat agitation, the matter was on Monday virtually revived, with the court calling for a fresh status report on developments that have taken place over the past six to seven years.

A division bench led by Chief Justice Sheel Nagu directed Haryana to file a synopsis detailing the current position on four core issues identified by the court in August 2018, when the case was last substantially streamlined. The synopsis is to be vetted by Amicus Curiae and Senior Advocate Anupam Gupta before being placed on record.

Gupta informed the court that earlier hearings had narrowed the case to four principal areas:

1. Monitoring of the ongoing probe under

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